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I feel that the books always made it clear that Robert won the throne because he had the charisma to make people follow him.
Yep, that's why I can never back Stannis as king, and he himself knows it to be true as well, he is not well loved and that is why he is, as Davos says, King of the Painted Table (and of course why Joffrey was murdered). He might be the "rightful" king, but only in the sense he's heir to a Usurper. The entire point of GoT is might, trumps right. I like Stannis, I find Stannis compelling, and admirable, yet definitely not rootable. Yes a good King keeps wise council but I just I am never going to accept Mel as wise council. She's well-intentioned, but still pretty clueless and evil AFAIK. Burning people who don't kowtow to R'Holler is bullshit. Stannis supporting and participating in that is Bullshit. And he is a kinslayer whether he fully understands and accepts that or not, another of his precious rules broken. I admire that he wants to follow the law, and that he values Davos, but I'm frustrated by his refusal to see everybody, including him, breaks the rules when it's convenient for them to break them ,and rationalize the fact that they did break them.
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I thought Margarey took the goblet from Joffrey and set it down in front of Olenna when Joffrey when to smash the pie and Joffrey picked it up to further torment Tyrion by requesting more wine.
Actually someone on Westeros pointed out that Olenna drops the stone from the necklace in the carafe after she walks away from Sansa and back to her seat on the dias. It's a wide shot, but you can clearly hear her plink/clink it into the bottle. I really hope that means Margery WAS in on it, because otherwise that was a big risk.
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Purposely getting spoiled is easier to take than trying my hardest not to be and have someone ruin it on a whim.
I think for the most part, bookwalkers aren't doing it on purpose. The non-linear nature of the narrative, the multiple povs, and the fact that since S2 the writers have cherry picked, juggled storylines makes it really difficult to sort of keep it straight in your head what's fair game to talk about, which is why it's such a challenge to talk about this show on the internet.
As far as who the whodunit aspect of this episode, I'm kind of bummed they made it as hard to figure out as they did, the scene with Olenna and the stone from the necklace, I was looking for it and still missed it the first time. And focusing on the pie and dead birds, makes it even more obscure not just who, but how he was poisoned. Knowing Olenna did it was the very best part of Joffrey dying for me, and also a bummer because you realize how easily she sacrificed Sansa in the bargain, but perhaps she still thought Baelish and the Vale was a better circumstance than Lannisters/Kings Landing. Six of one and half dozen of the other really QoT.
I laughed very heartily at Joffrey throwing money at Sigur Ros to shut up, since I find them insufferably pretentious in real life.
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S02.E08: Su-Zakana
in Hannibal [V]
Really? I found them overbearing, intrusive, and annoying. Very much a distraction from the fact that almost nothing of real important or interest happens in this episode. The episode didn't end so much as stop randomly.
I do have to admire the way Ticky Ticky Jeremy Davies finds parts for which his Ticktastic style and bad haircuts works. Weirdly this was one of the few tableaus that didn't break me in terms of suspending belief, especially the person in the horse womb part, and the bird in the chest was worth it because it really was super beautiful AND super gross.
I did like the introduction to Margo and Mason and the ways it seemed to change the vibe of that story. Her outfits were gorgeous, including her black leather sling.
Otherwise the only thing that I truly liked from the main continuing plot of Will v. Hannibal was MM getting all intimately handsy with him. All I can do is whisper through the chrysalis. Ooooh dirty.